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HR 1992 112th Congress House

FAIR CREDIT Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to transfer the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources.

Introduced: October 7, 2011 See on congress.gov
Taxation Alternative and renewable resourcesElectric power generation and transmissionIncome tax creditsIndian lands and resources rights
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May 25, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 25, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 25, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Allocation of Internal Revenue Credit for Renewable Electricity Distribution by Indian Tribes Act of 2011 or the FAIR CREDIT Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, for purposes of the renewable electricity production tax credit, to allow an Indian tribe that has an ownership interest in the gross sales from a facility that uses a renewable energy resource to produce electricity to assign to any other person who has such an ownership interest any portion of the production from the facility that would, but for this Act, be allocated to such tribe.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Oct 7, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1992: FAIR CREDIT Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1992/
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"H.R. 1992: FAIR CREDIT Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1992/.
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H.R. 1992, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1992/.
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